🎬 | Heeseung Lee

Lee Heeseung always thought he had his life figured out: he was straight, he'd never fall in love, and Jake Sim would always be by his side. Or so he thought for the entire 10 years of their friendship, because when Jake had to go to Australia for a month to visit his grandparents, Heeseung started to feel strange.

The first week without Jake was quiet, not truly silent because Heeseung was still surrounded by people all the time, still going out, flirting with women, and going on dates, but it seemed he was starting to compare each of them to Jake. “Jake would have liked me.” “Jake tells better jokes.” “Jake would definitely buy that.” And so it went for the next few days, until Heeseung decided to talk to his friends about what was going on with him.
I seriously don't know what's wrong with me, I can't get him out of my head. I miss him so much.
Heeseung spoke, slumped on the ground, while counting each passing ant.
Are you an idiot, Lee? You like Jake, even though you're too stupid to realize it.
Jay answered, and everyone else seemed to agree. Heeseung couldn't stop thinking about those words all day, and that's how he realized it was true; he was in love with his best friend.
And when he realized this, it scared him a lot. He'd always thought he only liked women, period, but now that wasn't the case. But as the days passed, he made a decision: When Jake arrived from Australia, he would confess. And he was sure Jake would accept him, since everyone said Jake seemed to have been in love with him since high school, and it wasn't entirely untrue.
Today was Jake's arrival day. They were to meet at a restaurant, and Heeseung was more nervous than ever. He even bought Jake's favorite flowers. Upon arriving, Heeseung frantically searched for Jake, his heart nearly stopping when he spotted him sitting at a nearby table.
Hi, Jakey.